"One important example is the work to coordinate Federal efforts to address Missing and Murdered Indigenous People."
"I think we also almost all agree that the Great American Outdoors Act was a great development, despite the fact that some members of this Committee voted against it."
"I think the first observation is that the reason we are talking about deferred maintenance is because we deferred it to start with, and that is a result of chronic underfunding of the National Park Se..."
"we have seen in the Department of the Interior budget put forward by my Majority colleagues from Fiscal Year 2023 to Fiscal Year 2024, a reduction of about 13 percent in the National Park Service over..."
"We are not naive enough to think that this is all it takes, but these are the types of building block initiatives that bolster the strategically necessary relationships between the U.S. and our brothe..."
"Make no mistake, when the U.S. neglects the Pacific, China and other foreign powers will move in and offer the support to our Pacific nation neighbors."
"We are a very patriotic community that revels in its relationship with the United States."
"We are here today imploring you, the leaders of the U.S., to help us become the South Pacific hub from which U.S. engagement reaches out to our brothers, sisters, friends, and allies in these most str..."
"Unless you live in or around communities like mine that are continuously sacrificed for the benefit of a few jobs..."
"This cannot continue. We must get our nation's energy from justly-sourced materials and renewable energy."
"It is nuts that we are talking about reinvesting in fossil fuels while wealthier areas are already putting their money in wind and solar."